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michael dukakis picked lloyd bentsen of texas. the two candid for about 25 years apart in age, something that provided one of the defining moments. there was held in omaha, neb.. is about one hour and 35 minutes. >> good evening. on behalf of the commission of presidential debates i am pleased to welcome me to the vice presidential debate. i am judy woodruff. my colleagues are tom brokaw of nbc news, and a brit hume of abc news. the importance of tonight the president is underscored by two fax. both george bush and michael bad -- michael dukakis said their running mates would reveal a lot about themselves. based on the history, there is almost a 50-50 chance that one of the men here tonight will become president of the united states. the candidates are senator dan quayle and lloyd bentsen, the democratic nominee. [applause] for the next 90 minutes, we will be questioning the candidates following a format designed and agreed to by representatives of the two campaigns. however, there are america rigid restrictions on the questions m
michael dukakis picked lloyd bentsen of texas. the two candid for about 25 years apart in age, something that provided one of the defining moments. there was held in omaha, neb.. is about one hour and 35 minutes. >> good evening. on behalf of the commission of presidential debates i am pleased to welcome me to the vice presidential debate. i am judy woodruff. my colleagues are tom brokaw of nbc news, and a brit hume of abc news. the importance of tonight the president is underscored by...
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senator bentsen? bentsen: this conversion is interesting to me. [laughter] [applause] when he talks about a boston harbor and says he hasn't done anything, the facts are he has a 6 billion-dollar program under way on the waste treatment and it was this administration, their administration that cut out the money early on to be able to clean up water and made it impossible to move ahead on that time on the boston harbor the party of queen mary and the superfund in passing the superfund legislation and every environmental organization has now endorsed the bentsen ticket and i am one that has just received the environment, environmental award in texas for the work i've done to clean up the water off the coast of texas. i think we know who is going to clean up this environment. the record is there and the history is there and michael dukakis and bentsen will be committed to that. >> moderator: tom brokaw question for senator quayle. >> there's been a lot of talk of a campaign about family, the principal th
senator bentsen? bentsen: this conversion is interesting to me. [laughter] [applause] when he talks about a boston harbor and says he hasn't done anything, the facts are he has a 6 billion-dollar program under way on the waste treatment and it was this administration, their administration that cut out the money early on to be able to clean up water and made it impossible to move ahead on that time on the boston harbor the party of queen mary and the superfund in passing the superfund...
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dan quayle and lloyd bentsen of texas. the two vice presidential candidates were 25 years apart in age which provided one of the defining moments. the debate was held in omaha and was moderated by pbs's judy woodruff. >> on behalf of the commission on presidential debates, i am pleased to welcome you to this vice presidential debate. i'm judy woodruff of pbs' "macneil-lehrer news hour" and "frontline." my colleagues on the panel are -- john margolis of "the chicago tribune," tom brokaw of nbc news, and brit hume of abc news. the importance of tonight's debate is underscored by two facts. both george bush and michael dukakis said their selections of a running mate would reveal a lot about themselves. and based on the history since world war ii, there is almost a 50-50 chance that one of the two men here tonight will become president of the united states. the candidates are senator dan quayle, the republican nominee, and senator lloyd bentsen, the democratic nominee. [applause] >> for the next 90 minutes we will be questioni
dan quayle and lloyd bentsen of texas. the two vice presidential candidates were 25 years apart in age which provided one of the defining moments. the debate was held in omaha and was moderated by pbs's judy woodruff. >> on behalf of the commission on presidential debates, i am pleased to welcome you to this vice presidential debate. i'm judy woodruff of pbs' "macneil-lehrer news hour" and "frontline." my colleagues on the panel are -- john margolis of "the...
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i picked lloyd bentsen, because i thought he was the best qualified person for the job. [applause] >> mr. bush picked dan quayle, and before he did it, he said, watch my choice for vice president, it will tell all and it sure did. it sure did. [applause] >> ann compton for the vice president. >> thank you, bernie. mr. vice president, yes, we read your lips -- no new taxes. but despite that same pledge from president reagan, after income tax rates were cut, in each of the last five years, some federal taxes have gone up, on social security, cigarettes, liquor, even long distance telephone calls. now that's money straight out of people's wallets. isn't the phrase, no new taxes, misleading the voters? >> no, because i'm pledged to that, and yes, some taxes have gone up. and the main point is, taxes have been cut, and yet income is up to the federal government by 25% in the last three years. and so what i want to do is keep this expansion going. i don't want to kill it off by a tax increase. more americans at work today than at any time in the history of the country, and a g
i picked lloyd bentsen, because i thought he was the best qualified person for the job. [applause] >> mr. bush picked dan quayle, and before he did it, he said, watch my choice for vice president, it will tell all and it sure did. it sure did. [applause] >> ann compton for the vice president. >> thank you, bernie. mr. vice president, yes, we read your lips -- no new taxes. but despite that same pledge from president reagan, after income tax rates were cut, in each of the last...
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i picked lloyd bentsen. mr. bush picked dan quayle. i think that says a great deal to the american people about the standards we'll set and the quality of the people that we will pick to serve in our administration. >> to each of you candidates, regrettably, i have to inform you that we have come to the end of our questions. that's a pity. before i ask the candidates to make their closing remarks, on behalf of the commission on presidential debates, i would like to thank all of you for joining us this evening. governor dukakis, yours is the first closing statement, sir. >> 28 years ago, as a young man just graduated from law school, i came to this city, came clear across the country, to watch john kennedy be nominated for the presidency of the united states, right here in los angeles. i never dreamed that some day i would win that nomination and be my party's nominee for president. that's america. that's why i'm proud and grateful to be a citizen of this country. 26 days from today you and millions of americans will choose two people t
i picked lloyd bentsen. mr. bush picked dan quayle. i think that says a great deal to the american people about the standards we'll set and the quality of the people that we will pick to serve in our administration. >> to each of you candidates, regrettably, i have to inform you that we have come to the end of our questions. that's a pity. before i ask the candidates to make their closing remarks, on behalf of the commission on presidential debates, i would like to thank all of you for...
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i picked lloyd bentsen. mr. bush picked dan quayle. i think that says a great deal to the american people about the standards we'll set and the quality of the people that we will pick to serve in our administration. >> to each of you candidates, regrettably, i have to inform you that we have come to the end of our questions. that's a pity. before i ask the candidates to make their closing remarks, on behalf of the commission on presidential debates, i would like to thank all of you for joining us this evening. governor dukakis, yours is the first closing statement, sir. >> 28 years ago, as a young man just graduated from law school, i came to this city, came clear across the country, to watch john kennedy be nominated for the presidency of the united states, right here in los angeles. i never dreamed that some day i would win that nomination and be my party's nominee for president. that's america. that's why i'm proud and grateful to be a citizen of this country. 26 days from today you and millions of americans will choose two people t
i picked lloyd bentsen. mr. bush picked dan quayle. i think that says a great deal to the american people about the standards we'll set and the quality of the people that we will pick to serve in our administration. >> to each of you candidates, regrettably, i have to inform you that we have come to the end of our questions. that's a pity. before i ask the candidates to make their closing remarks, on behalf of the commission on presidential debates, i would like to thank all of you for...
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and i mentioned the one in 1998 between bentsen and quayle. there are other cases of dramatic moments as well. we should definitely pay attention to the vice- presidential debate as well. host: robert in queens, new york. republican line, good morning. caller: if the mainstream media were to cover this in a normal fashion like they should, do you think people would pay attention? there are a lot of people but do not know this exists. there were only 45 seconds of the transcript from what i understand. i just like to know how you feel the election would be assuming the mainstream media were to cover things like this. it is definitely not on any front page of any paper today and i believe it is front-page news. host: and just for some context talking about this obama video, it says it was billed as a bombshell. guest: some republicans might say this is the from the answer to the 47%. they may be a little embarrassed by that, but it has been in the public domain since 2007. it is not clear why he is concerned for katrina victims not getting the s
and i mentioned the one in 1998 between bentsen and quayle. there are other cases of dramatic moments as well. we should definitely pay attention to the vice- presidential debate as well. host: robert in queens, new york. republican line, good morning. caller: if the mainstream media were to cover this in a normal fashion like they should, do you think people would pay attention? there are a lot of people but do not know this exists. there were only 45 seconds of the transcript from what i...
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i picked lloyd bentsen, because i thought he was the best qualified person for the job. [applause] >> mr. bush picked dan quayle, and before he did it, he said, watch my choice for vice president, it will tell all and it sure did. it sure did. [applause] >> ann compton for the vice president. >> thank you, bernie. mr. vice president, yes, we read your lips -- no new taxes. but despite that same pledge from president reagan, after income tax rates were cut, in each of the last five years, some federal taxes have gone up, on social security, cigarettes, liquor, even long distance telephone calls. now that's money straight out of people's wallets. isn't the phrase, no new taxes, misleading the voters? >> no, because i'm pledged to that, and yes, some taxes have gone up. and the main point is, taxes have been cut, and yet income is up to the federal government by 25% in the last three years. and so what i want to do is keep this expansion going. i don't want to kill it off by a tax increase. more americans at work today than at any time in the history of the country, and a g
i picked lloyd bentsen, because i thought he was the best qualified person for the job. [applause] >> mr. bush picked dan quayle, and before he did it, he said, watch my choice for vice president, it will tell all and it sure did. it sure did. [applause] >> ann compton for the vice president. >> thank you, bernie. mr. vice president, yes, we read your lips -- no new taxes. but despite that same pledge from president reagan, after income tax rates were cut, in each of the last...